http://www.edocr.com/tags/direct-material Latest 25 items en http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/acres-diamonds-value-effectively-managing-low-dollar-high-transactional-volume-spend <p>The fact remains that the majority of procurement initiatives have traditionally focused on the big bang high-dollar, leveraged spend approach to procurement. While this approach is appropriate for certain commodities utilizing an event-centric tool, extensive research including a CAPS 2003 study indicates that it does not create a sustainable COGs savings model. The examples provided by the Floor to Ceiling Analyses included with this report provides further confirmation of this assessment.</p> <p><a href="http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/acres-diamonds-value-effectively-managing-low-dollar-high-transactional-volume-spend">read more</a></p> http://www.edocr.com/doc/664/acres-diamonds-value-effectively-managing-low-dollar-high-transactional-volume-spend#comments commodity characteristics direct material dynamic flux floor to ceiling price range historic flat line commodity indirect material mro orm PIBlogger Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:36:58 +0000 PI Blogger 2596 at http://www.edocr.com